Texas fugitive, suspect nabbed

The Junction Eagle
Published in Kimble County since 1882
The Land of Living Water
Volume 127
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©The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
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Number 39
Texas fugitive,
suspect nabbed
submitted
Rodney Lee Compton, 24, a recent Pennsylvania parolee,
was arrested early Saturday morning in the small hamlet of
Castle Rock, Washington, at the foot of Mount St. Helens.
Compton was arrested without incident by U.S. Marshals,
Castle Rock Police Department, and the Vancouver Police
Department Career Criminal Apprehension Team. Compton, released from
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections on August 10, 2008, engaged in a
multi-state crime spree starting in Jasper
County, Christian County Missouri, and
Pittsburg, Kansas. Days later, Compton
is suspected of a home invasion robbery
and vehicle theft of an elderly woman in
San Antonio. On September 10, Compton led Kimble County
law enforcement in Junction on a high speed pursuit resulting
in Compton crashing into a tree, and fleeing on foot. Compton
alluded a local man-hunt in Kimble County, however, a rash of
burglaries, theft of a firearm and a motor vehicle allowed
Compton to allude law enforcement another day. On September
13th, the stolen vehicle was recovered in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
Kimble County Sheriff’s Department requested assistance
from the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Austin. Task Force
officers and Kimble County deputies initiated a man-hunt for
Compton to include immediately enlisting the assistance of
America's Most Wanted. Early Saturday morning, an anonymous tip resulted in the Texas Task Force contacting the U.S.
Marshals Service in Seattle, Washington. Comp-ton was arrested after he was ordered by law enforcement to surrender. A
stolen vehicle from Hillsboro, Oregon, was also recovered at
the motel parking lot.
Compton was remanded to the custody of Cowlitz County
Jail, Longview, Washington, pending extradition to Kimble
County, Junction, Texas.
LaFayette Collins, United States Marshal for the Western
District of Texas, said, "The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is
committed to hunting down criminals who have no regard for
the rule of law. We are happy to be bringing back Rodney Lee
Compton to Kimble County where he will certainly have his
day in court."
Clicking on offense are quarterback Jason McKinnerney (5), handing off to running back Kyle Wimberley (8), while
Dustin Stapp (33) delays two approaching Cougar defenders. The offensive line, seen here keeping the Christoval defense
at bay, are Sam Herring (55), Ed Adams (54), Jordan Keeton (66) and William Whitworth (70).
Eagles declaw Cougars for second district win
Debbie Cooper Kistler
The Junction Eagles
When the Junction Eagles
landed in Cougar Stadium last
Friday, they were there to take
care of business, and that’s
what they did. The Eagles
were very effective on
offense, led by the super talented Dustin Stapp, who averaged 13.33 yards a carry in the
game. The offense scored
almost every time it had the
ball, and for the second time
this season, senior outside
linebacker Sam Herring made
a touchdown while the defen-
sive unit was on the field. To
the players from Christoval’s
credit, they kept coming, making it a game until the final
bell, but the Eagles won their
second District 29A contest 35
to 14.
After closing the Cougars
down on their first possession,
the Eagles put together a 54yard drive in just six plays,
culminating in a four-yard run,
when senior running back
Kyle Wimberley took advantage of the hole provided by
the Eagles’ offensive line.
Ashton Thomas’ kick was
good, and the Eagles went
ahead 7-0.
The Cougars pounded at the
Eagles defense starting from
their own 11 yard line, but after
11 plays and a penalty, the
Cougars had not made it into
Eagles’ territory. The defensive
line, Stapp, Cole Sandlin, Cody
Hale and Wimberley made the
going tough for the Christoval
boys. Thomas made a solo
tackle; Jessie Sauceda blitzed
into the backfield; Stapp got a
hand on a pass attempt; and Joe
Wood defended the Cougar
punt, turning the ball over to the
Eagles on their own 19 yard
line.
The Eagles took flight.
Eight plays and 81 yards later,
they scored again. Wimberley
and Stapp took turns moving
the ball on the ground. Junior
quarterback Jason McKinnerney threw a beautiful pass to
Thomas, who made a great
catch, but was out-of-bounds.
Stapp got loose for a 33-yard
romp. Next, he gave the fans a
little demo of the results of his
time in the gym this summer
when he made significant
yardage dragging most of the
Cougar defense with him.
See Eagles on Page 14
Greater Tuna in production in “Greater Junction”
Junction theater-goers, you are in for a
reeeeeal treat! The BackStreet Players
have picked a winner this time. The
group is currently in production on the
play, Greater Tuna. It is sooooo funny
and sooooo true-to-life in small-town
Texas, you’ll recognize some of the characters who live right here in Kimble
County.
Few shows have sustained the longevity and popularity that Greater Tuna has
enjoyed over the years. The show began
as a simple party skit based on a political
cartoon more than 20 years ago in Austin,
Texas. Talented creators Joe Sears, Jaston
Williams and Ed Howard were the imaginative authors that parlayed the sketch
into a critically acclaimed production
which has entertained audiences across
the country ever since. And now, we’re
going to enjoy it right here in “Greater
Junction”, at the Red Barn Theater.
Greater Tuna is an hilarious comedy
about Texas' third smallest town, where
the Lion's Club is too liberal and Patsy
Cline never dies. The eclectic band of citizens who make up the town have been
portrayed by only two performers, making this satire on life in rural America
even more delightful as they depict all of
the inhabitants of Tuna -- men, women,
children and animals. In the BackStreet
Players’ version, there will be five people
portraying the 20 characters of Tuna.
The early tour dates found an instant
audience coast to coast as the show
played to packed houses in San
Francisco, Atlanta, Houston and Hartford
before original stars Sears and Williams
found themselves performing Greater
Tuna for over a year Off-Broadway at
Circle in the Square Theatre. This successful New York run led to an HBO
See Tuna on Page 14
Junction Economic Development Corp. Board welcomes new members, officers
submitted
Everyone takes up defensive positions as Megan Murr (5)
lets loose one of her 17 kills. Close at hand are Jessica
Roper (4), Kristin Smith (1), Jana Wiginton (3) and Molly
Carpenter (15).
At the Oct. 2 meeting of the Junction
Texas Economic Development Corporation (JTEDC), Mayor James C. Murr
administered the oath of office to the following four new Board members: Jack
Smith, Walter Curry, Justin Bierschwale
and J.D. Kidwell.
The JTEDC Board consists of seven
members who serve staggered, two-year
terms. City Council appoints board members each year. Other JTEDC Board
members are: Wm. Keaton Blackburn,
Lynn Foreman and Shannon Bynum
(who also serves the community as a City
Alderman).
The following individuals were elected to serve as officers for the 2008-09
term: JTEDC Board President, Smith;
Vice-President, Blackburn; and Secretary/Treasurer, Foreman.
JTEDC Executive Director Patricia
Whitty provided the Board with an
update on the following approved grants:
Texas Tech University Field Station,
Backstreet Players Main Street
Beautification (Landscape) and the City
of Junction Disc Golf Project. Mayor
Murr gave a status report on the City of
Junction’s City Park Improvement
Project. Alderman Hoyt Moss commented about the progress of the City of
Junction Disc Golf Project.
Texas Tech University-Junction (TTUJ) professor Arsuffi thanked the Board for
its financial support of the field station.
See JTEDC on Page 10
Co-op charts a new course, rowing
against the past
by Claudia Grisales
American-Statesman
September 28, 2008
An anonymous 10-page letter sent to Pedernales Electric
Cooperative top executives in
May, accusing some managers at the Johnson Citybased utility of "management
by coercion and fear," set off a
storm throughout the co-op's
chain of command.
It was reminiscent of another anonymous, accusatory letter delivered to co-op officials
13 years earlier, which had
caused Bennie Fuelberg, then
the general manager, to have
key employees fingerprinted
in an unsuccessful effort to
find the author.
This time was different.
With Fuelberg gone and new
leadership in place, such
autocratic responses are no
longer in evidence.
"It was unimportant who
wrote the letter. It was important to look at the tone of the
letter and not engage in any
retribution," said Juan Garza,
who took over as general
manager of the co-op in
February.
As for some employee concerns about work rules and
other policies that were raised
in the letter, he said, "We are
going to address it as a company."
For the past seven months,
Garza and directors of the
country's largest memberSee PEC on Page 16
Eagles Varsity Cheerleaders are, from left, Chelsey Rivas, Briana Long, Keeley Armes, Ashley Rowe, Megan Murr, captain, Jessie Nixon, Sara Sanders and Kristin Smith.
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Meanderings
by Frederica Wyatt
While I waited in line
Friday at the drive-up window
of a local bank, I noticed the
fluttering of leaves as they
made an early descent from
treetop to the ground below.
Some of the leaves are assuming earth-tone hues, and I have
espied some Sumac shrubs
already in "fall" colors.
Autumn is my favorite season
of the year!
Sincere condolences are
extended to Patricia Hunger in
the loss of her brother, Harvey
Hill, who passed away
September 30. He was laid to
rest Thursday in Ozona.
Dr. Pete Rose of Telegraph
and Austin will be guest
speaker Wednesday afternoon,
October 15, at 2:00 o'clock in
the Butt-Holdsworth Library
in Kerrville. His topic will be
"The Dowdy Massacre, the
Kimble County Mob, and the
Texas Rangers-Order and Law
Come to the Edwards Plateau,
1874-1883”.
The Paterson-Rieck ranch
holdings dating back to
1883 on Maynard Creek are
featured in this week's
"Homestead Profile of West
Texas Farms and Ranches" in
The San Angelo StandardTimes. Author of the interesting article is Jerry Lackey, a
native Kimble Countian.
By electronic mail, Sylvia
Mahoney of Vernon sent news
of another marker along the
Great Western Cattle Trail.
The latest one dedicated is at
Val Marie, Saskatchewan.
Wanda Simmons Funchess
of Beaumont sent a picture of
the wreckage of a house
owned by her in Gilchrist. She
said that, after hurricane "Ike",
nothing was left in Gilchrist
but one badly-damaged structure.
Among visitors at Kimble
Historical Museum during the
week were Leon and James
Barker. Leon reported he
plans to move to Salt Lake
City, Utah, to be near his
daughter, Pat Parks and her
husband, Bob. James said he
spends most of his time at
Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Dan Jones of Santa Anna
has toured the museum a
couple of times. His wife is
employed part-time in
Junction, and since Dan is
retired, he is probing into the
history of this area.
Pete and Faye Chapman of
Brownsboro were other outof-town persons who spent
sometime viewing artifacts in
our local history facility.
Kimble County representatives attending Saturday's
semi-annual meeting of
Edwards Plateau Historical
Association held in Brady
were Margaret Gaver,
Ginger Andrews, Billie
Noguess, Ruth James, Emily
Bierschwale, Joyce Brown,
and
Frederica
Wyatt.
Presiding at the session was
Faith Grote of Llano, who
serves as president of the historical group.
The meeting was held in the
Curtis Field Tower Building
adjacent to the historical
museum, with Mark and
Betzy Day as hosts for the
day's activities. Three research
papers entitled "The Great
Western Cattle Trail", "The
World War II Prisoner of War
Camp at Brady", and "The
Rangers at Camp San Saba",
were presented, respectively,
by Mark Day, of Brady, Ross
McSwain of San Angelo, and
Frederica Wyatt of Junction.
Among others in attendance
at the meeting, that marked
the 46th anniversary of the
founding of EPHA, were
Joyce Carbery, Ruth Cooper,
Anthony Lange, Marianna
Ray, Keith and Betty
Thomason, all of Runnels
County; David Williams and
Louise Williams, both of San
Saba County; Harold Jobes,
Nita Phelps, and Marilyn
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Historical books authored
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Long; "Murder, Mayhem,
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Karylon Hallmark Russell;
"Valley
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Martha and Hudson Long;
"Pioneer Rest Cemetery and
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Alton "Rusty" Williamson;
"LL Henry B. Chamberlain of
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Lastly, articles from Kerr
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by Harold D. Jobes; "Captain
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by Frederica Wyatt and presented by Ranger Captain Joe
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Frederica Wyatt.
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by Faith Grote, EPHA president, on "behalf of countless
friends in the area and
Association". I am humbly
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Swan Peak
by James Lee Burke
Clete Purcel is fishing and
camping along the Swan
River in western Montana.
Two men drive up and threaten him, telling him to get off
the property. After that Clete
seems to keep running into
them and the people they
work for.
Dave and Molly are staying
in a log cabin at a friend’s
place in western Montana.
Clete and Davis have worked
together in law enforcement
for many years. When two
coeds’ bodies are found near
them, Dave and Clete become
involved in solving the case.
This novel is full of interesting characters. No one is
whom he or she seems to be.
There are violent and adult situations.
Kimble County
Golf News
by Sarah Harrison
Even though the rainfall
was slight, the golf greens did
take in just a little sip. We are
thankful for even the smallest
amounts of moisture.
The Thursday scramble’s
winning team consisted of
Shannon Boyles, Don Baugh
and Felix Cantu. Closest to the
pin was Mark Maples. Great
going, guys. Be sure and bring
more friends to play with you
during the next scramble and
the rest of the week.
According to Jan King, the
Texas flag at the golf course
has seen better days and needs
to be replaced. Anyone wishing to donate another one,
please do so. Your act of patriotism and kindness will be
greatly appreciated.
Remember, “Making a hole
in one isn’t so wonderful-look
at all the exercise you miss.”
We all miss you, Jan. God
bless!
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October 10
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Esther Valdez Morales
Tommie Murr
Yvonne Dunlap Tomlinson
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October 11
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Luis Salinas
Jerry M. Hand
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October 13
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October 14
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The Dirt on
Hill Country
Gardening
by Claudette Primeaux
I knew I would do it – as
hard as I tried, I still left out
an important recognition at
the London homecoming last
Saturday. I’m sorry I failed to
mention that the beautiful Ms.
Edna Earle (Johnson) Benton
was acknowledged to be the
oldest former London School
teacher in attendance. Now,
don’t take that to mean she is
old; I think she was also the
only teacher in attendance. As
you know, Ms. Benton, Miss
Doris Johnson and Miss
Freddie Johnson were sisters
and all taught in London at
some points in time.
I had mentioned the big picture of the students at the
London School in 1929-1930
and the contest to identify
them. Dorothy Goodman
Baylor generously acquired
another print and donated it to
the Community Center. Nona
Evans had the copying done
in Kerrville, and Dorothy
gave it to us. Many thanks! It
will have a prominent home
in the building, and I hope to
get a list of the names of those
who were identified and display it with the picture.
The Community Association will meet in regular ses-
sion Thursday at 6 for potluck and 7 for the meeting.
Final assignments, excuses,
and panics will be addressed
for the big Fair on the Square
and LVFD barbeque. Chief
Vernon always prepares great
brisket and sausage, and the
Auxiliary and others will
spend time on Friday preparing the slaw, potato salad, and
beans. By the way, this year
Jennifer Frazier and Isaack’s
Restaurant will donate the
ingredients for the slaw.
Jennifer grew up in London
and remembers her roots.
Thanks!
Plan on being called for
baked items for the Auxiliary
bake sale, as well as for the
cake walk. The famous breakfast tacos will again be available at the bake sale. Andy
Ivins – bring your big checkbook this year. We don’t want
you to fail to win a cake, even
if it takes all your money. Call
your friends, and tell them to
come for a great day.
I’m late as always. Thank
God for the wonderful rain
Sunday night and Monday.
Got to go, so keep it safe out
there between the bridges of
Kimble County!
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announces service to
Kerrville
by David Steinbrunner & Linda Tarrant
Joe Wood explains some of the intricacies of the Eagles
defense to one of his biggest fans, grandmother Betty
Nethery, after Friday night’s big win over Christoval.
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San Antonio AirLIFE, the
premier not-for-profit helicopter EMS program in
Southwest Texas, will begin
24-hour
operations
in
Kerrville on October 8, 2008.
The Kerrville-based helicopter program will provide
responsive service to critically
ill or injured patients throughout the region who are
referred by rural hospitals and
EMS agencies to San Antonio
for advanced care.
Accredited through the
Commission on Accreditation
of
Medical
Transport
Services, AirLIFE is a consortium between Baptist Health
System and University Health
System.
Established
in
January 1991, AirLIFE is the
first civilian rotor-wing air
ambulance service to provide
emergency services to South
Texas. AirLIFE works in conjunction with law enforcement and EMS agencies in
twenty-two South Texas counties to provide advanced
resuscitative care to critically
ill and injured patients.
Understanding that many of
the citizens of this region have
purchased “memberships”
from other air medical
providers,
Mr.
Hilliard
responded, “While AirLIFE
does not offer a membership
service, we will honor those
patients that have memberships for one year from our
start date.”
San Antonio AirLIFE currently has more than 46 full-
time employees, including
communication specialists,
flight nurses, flight paramedics, administrative staff
and management. All AirLIFE
aircraft are maintained and
operated by Air Methods
Corporation. Air Methods has
been the sole vendor for
AirLIFE since 1991, and currently staffs 20 pilots and
mechanics.
San Antonio AirLIFE has
provided emergency air medical transport services in the
Southwest Texas Trauma
region since 1991 when it was
founded by Baptist Health
System as Baptist AirLife.
Initially, AirLIFE established a single aircraft in San
Antonio, and within the next
decade, with the partnership
of University Health System,
the company established the
additional programs in the
region, as well as air medical
services for San Antonio
based neonatal and pediatric
transport programs.
Today, AirLIFE is the air
provider for the children’s
hospitals in San Antonio,
including University Hospital,
Santa
Rosa,
Baptist,
Methodist and Wilford Hall
Medical Center. Since its
inception in 1991, AirLIFE
has transported over 34,000
patients, providing advanced
medical management to those
for whom minutes count. For
more information, visit
www.txairlife.com/kerrville
Bridal Registry
Katie Whitworth & Blair Guidroz
June 14
Katy Butler & Cole Brooks
June 28, Shower
August 2
Laura Wind & William “Stormy” Starks
June 21, Shower
August 9
Wendy Mogford & Brent Frazier
September 6, Shower
September 27
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Registries
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This means YOU if you were in any way a part of
the
Jen n if er
Ray e
Raley
M emo r ia l
G o lf
Tournament! Once again to say “Thank you” seems
so inadequate, but we truly do appreciate all of you
who played golf, made sweets, donated food and
drinks, donated prizes, bought a T-shirt (that Abby
Pavelek designed! Bonus!), represented a HOLE
sponsor, took pictures (for the sake of memories),
made a cash donation, or just came out to enjoy the
scenery of our beautiful golf course.
And a special thanks to Judy Murr, for without
her, none of it would have ever come to pass! We do
a p o l o g i z e f o r t h e c h a n g i n g of t h e d at e f r o m
September 13 to September 20 (didn’t know what
Ike was up to).
It was a special treat to see so many smiling
faces and the joy of hearing the laughter of those
participating.
Thank you.
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The key ingredient for all
organic gardening: composting. All new plantings love to
be in or around compost. This
is a prime ingredient for
enriching areas where you
intend to plant or where you
have already planted. Compost
serves to improve soil structure, provides aeration of the
soil, and increases the soil's
water retentiveness. It helps to
loosen our clayey soils as well,
and it provides a natural fertilizer.
So, here's the plan. Find a
spot or two in the area near
where you intend to plant or
near existing plants. Dig a
trench a foot wide and the
length of the area for plants (or
just a hole about 12 to 18 inches deep with a similar width).
This is the basis for "accordion
composting." For some of us,
this digging is quite a chore.
Now, start filling it up with all
manner of organic matter that
has been ground or chipped up.
This should be your leaves that
drop, chopped up tree and
shrub trimming, grass clipping,
kitchen leftovers, and the like.
Add a layer of manure from
vegetative feeders (cows,
sheep, poultry, bats, etc., but
not cats, dogs, or people).
Preferably, the hole is filled
about 80 percent with vegetative matter and about 20 percent
with manure, but this is not a
critical composition, and usually somewhat layered. Green
manure is fine as it accelerates
the whole process. Organic matter includes almost anything
from your kitchen, such as peelings, leftovers, coffee grounds
(great for acidifying a bit),
crushed egg shells, corncobs,
peanut or pecan shells, citrus
waste, and most anything that
spoiled before you got to use it.
Meat products, dairy products,
and oils can be used in moderation, but they tend to decompose very slowly, smell bad, and
attract pests. Everything decomposes faster if it is cut up, so
consider cutting up your peels
and stalks as your toss them into
your container that is bound for
the "holes."
Organic matter from your
yard comes in two colors,
green and brown. You need
some of each in your holes.
Green matter would be any
clippings from live plants or
spent plants, deadheaded flowers, weeds, thinned seedlings,
and on and on. Brown matter
would be leaves, sticks, spoiled
hay or straw, sawdust, and
such. For sticks, it is probably
best to chip them up a bit to
speed up the decomposition
process. This time of year,
dump some of your falling
leaves in your holes along with
some green clippings. (The
rest of your falling leaves
should be blown off into beds
to do their own natural decomposing.)
When the trenches and holes
are full, sprinkle some agricultural molasses, beer, and soil
activator on top and cover with
a few inches of dirt. This
should be fully ready for spring
planting or you can plant this
fall near your holes so that
roots will spread as your plants
grow, and they will get into this
area as it turns into compost.
This accordion type of composting doesn't need to be
turned. It is the simplest form
that just takes care of itself and
blends right into nature.
If you did a trench, you'll
plant behind and in front of
your trench, and plants will
benefit from this rich compost
as their roots grow into the
humusy area.
Larger composting may be
done in a garbage can with
holes in the bottom, in a
penned area, in a large pile, or
in a compost bin or tumbler.
The same process goes on with
this bigger project, but all of
these above-ground compost
schemes need to be turned periodically and watered occasionally for best results. Results of
this type of composting can be
spread anywhere or used as a
top dressing.
Personal Plant of the Week.
The Bur Oak, or Burr Oak, or
Mossycup Oak, Quercus
macrocarpa is a magnificent
tree. Macrocarpa comes from
Greek and literally means large
fruit. This is very apropos
since the acorn of this variety
of oak is huge in comparison to
other acorns. The tree grows to
about 40 feet tall with a 40-foot
spread. It has beautiful foliage,
grows in full sun, and has average water needs. It is one of
the varieties of oak that is
resistant to decline.
Chores for this week.
• Plant grass sod if you have
some sparse or empty areas.
• Dig holes for your simple
compost scheme!
• Fertilize lawns a good, low
nitrogen, organic fertilizer, if
you haven't already.
• Use a pre-emergent, such
as corn gluten mean, to control
fall and winter weeds.
• Use a seaweed mixture
with some molasses to foliar
feed your trees and shrubs to
harden them for winter.
• Keep on weeding and using
the vinegar to kill weeds.
• Keep controlling insect
infestations.
• Keep sowing wild flower seeds.
We encourage your questions, comments, or your own
"Personal Plant of the Week"
by
writing
David
at
dsteiny@gvtc.com.
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Ivy Echoes
by Ginger Boerm Andrew s
One story Marvin Lange
told me recently that I found
captivating was that he knew
Herman Lehmann and that he
got to see him do one of his
Wild West performances
inside the rodeo arena in
Mason. Marvin's dad, Tully
Lange, grew up knowing all
about Herman's abduction by
the Apaches in 1870 because
Herman was born and raised
at Cherry Springs, in Loyal
Valley between Mason and
Fredericksburg, very close to
the same vicinity as Doss,
where the Langes settled and
Tully grew up.
SMALL TOWN
Herman was born in l859
and Tully was born in 1871.
Herman was 20 and Tully was
about eight years old when
Herman was returned home in
1878, after living with the
Indians for nine years. He had
a very difficult time trying to
re-adjust to the white man's
world. One of the things he
did was to participate in local
rodeos and fairs. As a young
boy, Tully had the fun job of
advertising these Wild West
performances by Herman. He
would go to all of the stores on
the square, open the front
doors and holler inside news
BY KRISTI HULL
“You ate the babies again, didn’t you?!”
of the upcoming event.
Watching Herman Lehmann's performance isn't
something you could or would
forget easily. Marvin Lange
sure hasn't forgotten. Herman
would ride out into the arena
on his horse, with bow and
arrows in hand. He would
chase a calf around the arena
and then shoot it full of
arrows. He would then jump
off his horse, grab the calf and
cut its liver out, hold it up to
the audience and take a big
bite out of it and proceed to
eat the whole thing raw. I am
sure he was laughing on the
inside as he did so, at the total
shock, disgust and horror of
the audience. I'm sure
Herman was reliving his own
memories of the first time he
witnessed an Indian eating
raw liver. He was just as
shocked and horrified. I'm
sure the Indians, too, were
highly amused at Herman's
reaction. Also, Marvin
recalled how Herman could
holler and scream unlike anything he had ever heard
before. I felt it was probably a
fairly normal response to eating raw liver.
Herman and his brother,
Willie, were taken captive by
a group of Apache Indians in
1870, at their home in Loyal
Valley. Herman was eleven,
and his brother, Willie, was
only eight when they were
captured. Willie managed to
escape when Buffalo Soldiers
from Ft. McKavett led by Sgt.
Emanuel Stance, chased the
Indians and had a confrontation with them. Sgt. Stance
received a Medal of Honor for
his bravery in the battle.
Herman, however, was destined to live with the Indians
for nine long years. He had
many adventures and periods
of adjustment too numerous to
mention. At one point, he
ended up killing the Medicine
Man in the Apache tribe
where he was living and had
to run away, fearing they
would kill him in retaliation.
The Comanche took him in,
and he lived with them after
that, becoming close friends
with Chief Quanah Parker.
There are several good
books that describe in vivid
detail all of Herman's experiences. Nine Years Among the
Indians, edited by Herman
Lehmann and J. Marvin
Hunter, The Captured: A True
Story of Abduction by Indians
on the Texas Frontier, written
by Scott Zesch and The Last
Captive, by A.C. Greene.
There is a new book,
Chevato, written by William
Chebahtah, the grandson of
the Apache who kidnapped
Herman Lehmann. It tells the
story from the Indian's perspective. Also, there's a copy
of Herman's first book, published in 1899 called A
Condensed History of the
Apache and Comanche
Indian Tribes for Amusement
and General Knowledge. A
copy of it can be purchased
online for $3,000 if you are
interested. Don't worry, if you
think the price is a little steep,
Herman didn't much like this
book anyway, saying it was
too full of exaggeration.
I had a phone call yesterday from Grace, the daughter of Reuben Lange,
Marvin's older brother. She
and her husband live in
Fredericksburg. She told
me that Marvin is going to be
residing for a while in the
nursing home in Mason. He
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Tully and Tillie Lange
gets to keep his dog with him,
which is wonderful. It may
be a while before he gets to
come see his old home and
stomping ground. I had a
watermelon waiting for him
to pick, that was grown on the
My Opinion
by John Parker
Watching television commercials is becoming more of
a chore everyday. Watch one
and see a picture of a whole
city, transportation complex,
whirling raised highways,
autos sticking to the highway
as it whirls upside down. A
quick cut to a placid crop
scene. Then an automobile
bursting through a window
and dropping to the pavement
below two stories.
Wow! What are they trying
to sell me? Watching the next
20 seconds makes it as hard as
the lead in. Is it tomato soup or
an automobile or an insurance
company.
The psychology of the sales
industry has either a new guru
or maybe none at all. The status of “the message” is to say
the very least, influx. The ability of the individual who is the
target of the sales effort to
Capital Highlights
Texas Press
Association
by Ed Sterling
Governor says taxpayers
should not bail out Wall
Street...
The
U.S.
House
of
Representatives passed H.R.
1424, the "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008" on
Oct. 3.
It was the House's second
attempt in five days to prop up
faltering Wall Street financial
institutions. President George
W. Bush quickly signed the
$700 billion legislation referred
to by some as a "bail-out" and to
others as a "rescue" plan.
The House vote was 263-171.
The Texas delegation cast 17
votes against the bill and 15 for.
On Oct. 1, the U.S. Senate
passed the legislation on a vote
of 74-25. Sens. Kay Bailey
Hutchison and John Cornyn
both voted in favor.
On Oct. 1, with Congress
edging closer to passing the legislation, Gov. Rick Perry said he
did not want taxpayer dollars to
bail out Wall Street.
"In a free market economy,
government should not be in the
business of using taxpayer dollars to bail out corporate
America.
"Congress needs to take off
its partisan gloves and work
together to bring both short and
long term stability to the credit
markets. They need to stop
blaming each other and start
thinking about solutions that put
the taxpayers of this country
first," he said in a prepared statement.
Perry joined with Democratic
Gov. Joe Manchin of West
Virginia in urging Congress to
take action. Manchin is chair of
the Democratic Governors
Association and Perry is chair
of the Republican Governors
Association.
System to nail uninsured
drivers...
An estimated one in five vehicles - about 4 million -drive on
Texas roads without proper
insurance, the Texas Department of Public Safety announced Oct. 2.
But now there will be extra
pressure to "get legal" because
of TexasSure, a motor vehicle
insurance verification database
designed to identify uninsured
motorists.
Law enforcement officers
will be able to tap into
TexasSure and check records of
registered passenger vehicles
against personal auto insurance
policy information submitted by
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AND FENCING
METAL BUILDINGS ~ BARNS ~ CARPORTS
ENTRANCES ~ GATES ~ CATTLEGUARDS
~ All Types Of Fence Building ~
PIPE
for sale
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old Gephart place. It won't go
to waste. I'll cut out the heart
and take it to him I'm sure it
will taste a whole lot better
than a fresh calf liver.
Email me, Gingerandrews
@gmail.com.
identify the product or whatever is “for sale” is becoming
more and more difficult. The
thrust of the use of time allotted seems to be directed more
to gaining attention to the
sales effort and less and less to
the product or service that is
for sale.
The ability and progress of
the video and software industries to put into a few seconds
of video time a menagerie of
products, backgrounds, characters merging and de-merging, colors, movements and
explosions of scenes is guaranteed to get the attention of
the viewer. Now let’s see what
they have for sale. That is, if
there is any time left.
Texas insurance companies.
"If you don't have liability
insurance for your vehicle, your
chances of getting a ticket just
went up dramatically," DPS Lt.
Louis Sanchez said.
Driving without liability
insurance carries a maximum
fine of $350 and hundreds of
additional dollars in court costs
and fees. Repeat offenders also
are subject to a two-year driver
license suspension.
Volunteers clean up beaches...
Land Commissioner Jerry
Patterson on Sept. 30 estimated
3,500 volunteers hauled more
than 101 tons of trash off Texas
beaches during the agency's
annual Adopt-A-Beach Fall
Cleanup conducted Sept. 27.
That 101-ton total is all the
more impressive considering for
the first time in 22 years thousands of Adopt-A-Beach volunteers couldn't reach the beaches
in Beaumont, Galveston or
Surfside, Patterson said.
Abbott goes after price
gougers...
Texas Attorney General Greg
Abbott on Oct. 2 took legal
action against a hotel in
Nacogdoches and another near
Katy for unlawfully increasing
room rates during Hurricane Ike.
The attorney general's office
is seeking civil penalties of up to
$20,000 per violation and up to
$250,000 per violation for victims over age 65.
Under the Texas Deceptive
Trade Practices Act, businesses
may not take advantage of a
declared disaster by selling or
leasing fuel, food, lodging,
medicine or other necessities at
an exorbitant rate.
Voter registration grows
quickly...
Since the March primaries,
Texas voter registration has
grown by nearly half a million
people, Secretary of State
Esperanza "Hope" Andrade said
Sept. 30.
There are now more than 13.2
million registered voters in the
state, accounting for an estimated 75 percent of the voting-age
population, said Andrade, the
state's chief elections officer.
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
KIMBLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT
Sheriff Mike Chapman and
staff are privileged to bring
you this weekly report of the
happenings in Kimble County.
The information is taken
from calls slips, which do not
always contain the outcome of
the calls. Due to time limits, it
is impossible to follow up on
each call slip.
Kimble County dispatch
received 287 telephone calls
and 556 radio transmissions
during the week of September
27 through October 03.
Sheriff's Office Deputies
were dispatched to eight
calls for service.
09/27-Deputy Hull responded
to I-10 eastbound in reference to
a reckless driver. Vehicle located with citations issued.
Deputy Hull responded to
U.S. Hwy. 83 north in reference to a theft of service from
Menard County. Unable to
locate.
09/28-Deputies Brown and
Stewart responded to Old
Cedar Creek Road with EMS
units in reference to an ill subject. Assistance provided.
09/29-Deputy Leistikow
responded to I-10 westbound
in reference to a reckless driver. Unable to locate.
10/01-Deputy Brown responded to the 400 block of N.
18th Street in reference to a
possible prowler. Assistance
provided with a close patrol.
10/02-Deputies Suttle and
Brown responded to U.S. Hwy.
377 south in reference to a civil
matter. Assistance provided.
Deputy Suttle responded to
U.S. Hwy. 83 north with DPS
units in reference to a motor
vehicle accident. Assistance
provided.
10/03-Deputy Suttle responded to I-10 westbound in
reference to a motorist assist.
Assistance providedEMS was dispatched to
two calls for service.
09/28-234 Old Cedar Creek
Road, ill subject.
10/02-U.S. Hwy. 83 north,
motor vehicle accident.
DPS troopers were dispatched to two calls for service.
10/01-I-10 mm 436, motor
vehicle accident.
10/02-U.S. Hwy. 83 north,
motor vehicle accident.
Kimble County Jail staff
and Chief Deputy Allen
Castleberry processed four
persons through the jail on
the following charges:
09/29-Deputy Leistikow arrested Mitchell Brice Wright,
24, from Jacksonville, for illegal hunting from a vehicle.
09/30-Chief Deputy Castleberry arrested Mally Michael
Keller, 23, from Junction for
an outstanding out-of-county
warrant.
10/01-Deputy Sramek arrested Albert Gamez Jr., 23,
from San Antonio for violation of probation.
10/03-Deputy Brown arrested Cecil Lanier Sadler, 59,
from Pecos for driving while
intoxicated.
Kimble County Deputies
issued two citations for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Lions Club schedules monthly programs
by Betty Byars
Junction Lions Club has
scheduled programs for the
month of October.
Dennis Smith will have the
program October 14. His program will be the Rotary
Exchange Student from Ikskile,
Latvia. His name is Janis
Laursons; he is sixteen years
old, and his second host family
will be Dennis and Betty Smith.
The October 28 program
will be Jared Eggemeyer from
San Angelo. He is District
Chairperson for the Lions
Camp in Kerrville.
Junction Lions Club is once
again having its Annual
Holiday Ham and Turkey
Fundraiser. The sale is underway, and anyone interested in
purchasing a white turkey,
smoked turkey or a smoked
spiral sliced ham, for
Thanksgiving or Christmas,
just contact any Lions Club
member, or call Lion President
Kandy Dick at 446-2357 or
Lion Charles Loeffler at 4464255. Proceeds from the club’s
fundraisers are used to help
with the purchase of eyeglasses for school children, assist
Santa at Christmas, sponsor
the annual Easter Egg Hunt,
local scholarship for a graduating senior, sponsor the local
Cub and Boy Scout, to name
just a few.
The Junction Lions Club
meets twice monthly, on the
second and fourth Tuesday at
noon in Isaack’s Banquet
Room. Anyone in the community is always welcome to visit
and learn about lionism. Just
let a Lion member know that
you would like to attend.
Business and Professional Services Guide
Heating and Cooling
Mortgage
Automotive Parts & Services
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PAUL MARKOSKI
Broker / owner
Email: paul@txhmc.com
Texas Mortgage Broker #67609
www.txhmc.com
GENE COLE JR
Ranch Enhancements
Contact:
Dwayne Craig - 325-446-6070
Weekend services available
• Complete Plumbing Repair &
Drain Cleaning Service
• Septic System Installation
• Yard Sprinkler Systems • Sewer
• Gas • Water Line Replacement
• Water Heaters • Faucets &
Fixtures
ROBERT JOHNSON
OWNER
What’s black
and white and
read all over?
830-459-7601
Family owned and operated since 1957
Installation & Repairs • Prompt
Professional Courteous Service
• Licensed Bonded Insured
John Deere Construction Equipment
New, used & rental
Tommy Kotzur
210-661-6300 (office) 210-889-5351 (mobile)
tkotzur@rdoequipment.com
www.rdoequipment.com
Architetural
James M. Kistler
Architectural and Construction
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Luke Tillman
215 N. Sixth Street, Junction, Texas 76849
325-446-2610
Land Improvement
Cedar Clearing
Mesquite Clearing
General Bobcat Work Right of Ways
This could be your ad.
Call 325-446-2610
for pricing information.
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Contractor
231 N. 15th
325-446-4246
Enterprises
215 N. 6th St
Junction, TX
446-2610
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325-446-2382
Will bid jobs
Lic. # 546241
Windmill • Pump
Repairs
Insulating • Air Motor
Gould-Grundfos
For all your windmill and
pump services,
call 446-3456 or 446-7506
Gould-Grundfos Pumps
Wind Generators
Sprinkler Systems
Sales & Service
Solar Pumps & Products
McGUIRE WELL SERVICE
Email us your news:
For all your water well drilling,
call Charles or Carolyn
McGuire at 446-2277 or write
P.O. Box 597 Junction, TX 76849
editor@
junctioneagle.com
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King-Care
Pet Center
Boarding * Grooming * Training
kingcarepetcenter.com
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Material Hauling, etc.
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Outdoors
Outback
by Kendal Hemphill
All the news that is news
Let’s say you have a friend,
someone who works with you
and makes a decent income.
And let’s say for the sake of
argument that your friend
decides to invest a large sector
of that income on Ding Dongs
and Cheez Whiz and uninsured condos in Galveston and
New Orleans. In a short time
your friend is as poor as Job’s
turkey, and comes to you for
help. Would you give your
friend a bunch of someone
else’s money so he could continue to throw it away?
No. As an intelligent, conscientious adult, your reaction
would probably be to laugh in
your friend’s face. This is what
you would have expected
Congress to do when AIG
asked for $700 billion recently. Unfortunately, Congress is
made up of aliens from the
planet Goober. So, instead of
telling AIG to go sit on a tack,
Congress decided to pony up
the cash. Your cash.
I don’t pretend to understand this situation, and it’s
entirely possible I have it all
wrong, and that Congress is
doing the right thing. It’s possible that AIG will take that
money and use it wisely,
instead of buying more Ding
Dongs. It’s also possible that
there is more than one definition of the word ‘is.’
But that isn’t the only
strange news story making
headlines lately. I have here an
Associated Press article that
says that Quilted Northern is
coming out with a new product, namely 3-ply toilet paper.
About time, is all I’ve got to
say. I sent Quilted Northern an
email asking to be named as
its national spokesperson for
this new product, but I haven’t
heard anything back yet. I hear
they’re also considering Mel
Gibson, so if anyone wants to
call them and put in a good
word for me, I’d appreciate it.
Another story sent to me
recently, by someone who didn’t want to be identified since
it was my wife, concerns one
of the most maligned groups
in America today – Florida
voters. At least, I assume the
guy in the story votes.
This NBC News article says
that a fellow named, really,
Greg LeNoir, a carpenter in
the Florida Keys, is an idiot.
Well, it doesn’t come right out
and say that in so many words,
but it seems to me that stupidity is implied.
What happened was, Greg
took his rat terrier, Jake, to a
marina for his daily swim. As
the little dog paddled around,
making bait-type noises, a 5foot shark came along and
grabbed Jake in its mouth. So
far the story sounds like your
typical application of the theory of natural selection.
But Greg had not intended
to use Jake as bait, so he followed the U.S. Coast Guard
standard operation procedure
recommended for when your
rat terrier is attacked by a
shark – he yelled at the shark.
For some odd reason that didn’t work.
So Greg abandoned Coast
Guard procedure (the next step
is to go have lunch). He dove
into the water with his fists out
in front of him and collided
firmly with the shark’s back.
This caused the shark to
release Jake, and Greg
grabbed the dog and headed
for the dock. Basically, Greg
became bigger bait, but fortunately he made it out of the
water without being attacked.
What this is going to do,
obviously, is cause other
Florida voters to think they
can get away with diving into
shark-infested waters without
being eaten. Which may make
our presidential elections go a
little more smoothly, but it
won’t do a lot for the tax base
along Florida’s coasts. At least
the sharks will be happy.
Our last story comes all the
way from England, from a
town called Barrow on Soar.
How a town could end up with
a name like that I don’t have
the foggiest, but that’s what
the London Daily Telegraph
said. Why a newspaper would
be named the telegraph I
haven’t the foggiest.
Anyway, 20-year-old Kay
Underwood, according to the
story, is liable to collapse
whenever she laughs. She has
cataplexy, which causes her
muscles to suddenly and dramatically weaken due to
strong emotion, such as excitement, anger, or joy. Which
must be terribly inconvenient.
I wasn’t aware people could
have that problem, but there is
a breed of goats, commonly
called ‘faint goats,’ that are
inflicted with it. A loud noise
anywhere near a bunch of faint
goats will cause them all to fall
down like they were pole
axed. It’s amusing, although
probably not to the goats.
It’s probably not amusing to
Kay, either. Her ‘friends,’ the
story says, are always trying to
make her laugh, to see if she’ll
fall down. She’s learned to
grab onto something or lock
her knees together to keep
from hurting herself. Some
friends.
My advice to Kay would be
to stay away from South
Florida marinas, and to definitely avoid Congress at all
costs. Toilet paper, well,
there’s no way to avoid that . .
Kendal Hemphill is an outdoor
humor columnist and public
speaker who never swims where
there are sharks, regardless of
who’s drowning. Write to him at
PO Box 1600, Mason, Tx 76856 or
jeep@verizon.net.
Capital Farm Credit and First
Ag Credit announce merger
submitted
Capital Farm Credit, ACA
and First Ag Credit, FCS
merged October 1, forming
the largest rural financing
institution in Texas.
The merger of the two rural
lending cooperatives was
approved by their stockholdercustomers in August and by
their federal regulator, the
Farm Credit Administration.
The resulting organization,
known as Capital Farm Credit,
ACA, has combined assets of
more than $5 billion, making
it one of the largest lending
organizations in the nationwide Farm Credit System.
"This merger increases the
commodity and geographic
diversity in our loan portfolio," said Ben Novosad,
Capital Farm Credit chief
executive officer. "Plus, we
now have more capacity to
serve an even broader territory
Odis Sterling made his first bow-kill on October 2. He shot
this 15-point buck on the Shipman Ranch on the North
Llano in Kimble County.
in the state." Capital Farm
Credit's service territory now
includes 194 Texas counties.
"As a cooperative, we are
owned by our customers, and
they stand to benefit when we
grow stronger," Novosad said.
"Customers can still expect
the same great products and
services from a friendly and
knowledgeable staff. That is
what we are known for."
Novosad said the lending
organization will also continue to share earnings with its
customers through its patronage program. In recent years,
Capital Farm Credit has distributed almost $200 million
in combined cash patronage to
its customers and has allocated additionally equity available for future disbursement.
Capital
Farm
Credit
finances country homes, farms
and ranches, agribusiness
operations, agricultural production, and rural recreational
property. It is part of the
nationwide Farm Credit
System, a network of rural
financing cooperatives established in 1916.
For more information about
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Conservation Reserve Program
payments begin today
Joel S. Gourley, County
Executive
Director
for
USDA's Farm Service Agency
today announced that starting
today USDA will begin issuing $139,882,022 in Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP) payments to eligible
producers in Texas. More than
$1.7 billion in CRP payments
are being made on 34.7 million acres across the country.
“The Conservation Reserve
Program works cooperatively
with America’s farmers and
ranchers to conserve and preserve the soil and water that
we and numerous wildlife
species depend on for survival,” said Gourley. “These
payments represent an investment in the nation's land that
will pay dividends in the form
of a cleaner environment
today and for our grandchildren."
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number of farms because producers may have multiple
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Other CRP payments are
made throughout the year,
including a 50-percent reimbursement of expenses for
establishing cover and incentive payments for enrolling
eligible conservation practices, such as wetland restorations and conservation buffers.
This voluntary program
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
SPORTS PAGE
Seniors Jana Wiginton (3) and Megan Murr (5) both have
their sights set on receiving this serve from the Center Point
Junior Morgan Wellmann (12) leaves her feet to make a
Lady Pirates. Junior Morgan Wellmann (12) keeps a watchspectacular defensive play. Wellmann accounted for 10 digs
Senior Molly Carpenter (15) sends this serve to the front line and 9 service aces.
ful eye. Wiginton had 19 digs, 2 aces, 2 kills ad 2 assists.
setter. Junior Lady Eagle Kristin Smith (1) provides close
back-up. Carpenter had digs, 13 kills, 2 aces and 1 block.
These Lady Eagles are all business as they await the next Kristin Smith (1) makes the set and sophomore Jessica
Sophomore Joanna Guitierrez (24) is shown here perform- serve. From left, are seniors Megan Murr (5), Jana Roper (4) prepares for it to come her way. Senior Lady
ing her specialty, serving. Guitierrez was good for two aces Wiginton (3) and Molly Carpenter. Together they account- Eagle Hope Gipson (17) stands at the ready.
and one dig for the time she played.
ed for 35 digs.
Mike
Hey, Ike,
Our Junction Eagles took
care of business last Friday
night. You can’t say enough
about Dustin Stapp, obviously,
but how about Wimberley and
Woods and McKinnerney.
Great team effort all
around....Sauceda, Keeton,
Fuentes, Heap. All our guys
made major contributions to
this fantastic team – Thomas,
Sandlin, Ty Stapp, Herring,
Hale…..Dang! The best way
for me to tell the fans who to
pat on the back is to just say --“get the roster”.
I know that roster has the
coaches, cheerleaders, spirit
squad and the band on it. I
know my name would be there
if there was a Junction Eagles
Fans section.
We have more business this
week---at home. Irion County
comes to town and they would
like nothing better than to
catch a sleeping bear (or Eagle,
that is). TEAM business is
what these Junction Boys are
all about.
BEAT ‘EM BLACK.
Irion Co. 0 at Junction 32
Big D is in the house!!!!
Christoval 7 at Mason 35
Eldorado 33 at Menard 42
Ike
Mike,
Our Eagles did just what it
took to win. They looked a little complacent at times and
this week they need to stay
focused until the last buzzer
sounds.
What a team effort! It
seemed like a different Eagle
was in on the action on each
play! The other teams need to
remember to watch out for that
pass. Just when you think we
are going to run again, POW,
right in the kisser, we have six
points flying down the field!
The schedule happens to be
set up so well this year, but,
one game at a time, Eagles. On
any given night, even the
underdog can slip up there and
sting, and believe me, when
they do it really, really hurts.
(Get it, Mike, “sting”. We
are playing the Hornets this
week. I’m so clever!)
Eagles, go out there and
squash those pesky bugs and
show the rest of the district
who is coming. Go Black!
Irion Co. 6 at Junction 42
Christoval 7 at Mason 26
Eldorado 35 at Menard 28
Molly Carpenter (15) unwinds and hammers a booming
spike as Hope Gipson (17) and Jana Wiginton (3) get set
on defense.
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SPORTS PAGE
Look familiar? A Stapp running back breaking through a
crowd of defenders? Here, it is sophomore Ty Stapp (23),
Eagles defensive back Kyle Wimberley (8) lands on a doing just that! Stapp also had six tackles, a sack and
Cougar’s back and doesn’t let go. Wimberley is credited blocked a punt. Helping out are teammates Jordan Keeton
with 8 tackles and one touchdown for the Eagles this week. (66), Rafael Fuentes (58) and Jason McKinnerney (5).
He may only be a freshman, but he’s worth all of his 235 pounds
in defense! Jordan Keeton (66) makes one of his seven tackles
here. Keeton also caused a fumble during the Eagles 35 to 14 victory over the Christoval Cougars.
Thursday, October 9
Middle School vs. Irion County @ 5:30 in Mertzon
JV vs. Center Point @ 6 p.m. in Center Point
Friday, October 10
Varsity vs. Irion County @ 7:30 in Junction
Sam’s the Man! Here Sam Herring (55)
puts pressure on the Cougar quarterback.
Earlier in the game, Sam grabbed a
blocked punt in the Christoval end zone,
making his second touchdown on defense
this year! Herring also made seven tackles
and was good for a sack.
“Way to go, Cole!” Senior Eagle Joe Wood (11) doesn’t need
to help his teammate take down this Cougar running back.
Cole Sandlin (4) was good for seven tackles and a touchdown pass reception against Christoval.
Just what all of Junction’s opponents fear: Dustin Stapp (33) on the
loose! Here he breaks through the scrum and looks for teammates Joe
Wood (11), Cole Sandlin (4) and Ashton Thomas (9) to clear the area of
any pesky, free-ranging cats! Stapp averaged 13.33 yards a carry and
made seven tackles against the Cougars.
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